Craig Wilen @wilenlab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Excited to share our paper identifying that bat coronavirus HKU5 uses ACE2 from its native bat host and American mink as a receptor. This highlights farmed mink has a high risk intermediate host for HKU5-like viruses.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61583-7 Great collab. with the NIH VRC 141
Reposted by Craig WilenAdrian Liston @labliston.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Our @natrevimmunol.bsky.social review with @abhishekgarglab.bsky.social, @deadoc80.bsky.social and Kellie Smith is out! We attempt to integrate the data on CD8 T cell dysfunction into a new framework of hypofunctionality in cancer and chronic infections! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe diversity of CD8+ T cell dysfunction in cancer and viral infection - Nature Reviews ImmunologyBeyond exhaustion, CD8+ T cells can adopt various dysfunctional states, including tolerant, anergic, senescent, ignorant and dying states, that compromise their ability to eradicate viruses or tumours... 15917
Reposted by Craig WilenThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 30/03/2025'Here, we developed a probe that can fluorogenically label mouse gut microbiota in situ after gavage, and the use of two-photon microscopy enabled us to directly visualize the bacteria translocated into blood vessels and liver in real-time.' #Immunology #Immunosky www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 0104
Reposted by Craig WilenThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 29/03/2025'However, how the ∼500 million enteric neurons that reside in the GI tract sense and respond to force remains unknown. Herein, we establish that the mechanosensor Piezo1 is functionally expressed in cholinergic enteric neurons.' #Immunology www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...cell.comEnteric neuronal Piezo1 maintains mechanical and immunological homeostasis by sensing forceExpression and functional analysis define how Piezo1-dependent cholinergic responses by enteric neurons directly sense luminal pressure to orchestrate digestion and inflammation in mice. 0225
Reposted by Craig WilenDaryl Gohl @darylgohl.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Hey fellow Drosophila researchers - if you haven't heard, the UMGC is offering ultra low-cost genome sequencing! See here to learn more: z.umn.edu/UMGC-MOSS #Dros25 88252
Reposted by Craig WilenJournal of Experimental Medicine @jem.org · 13/03/2025First authors Madeline Churchill and Ankit Pandeya @nkeet50.bsky.social from @rauchlab.bsky.social show that tuft cells, known for their role in anti-parasite defenses, can also contribute to anti-bacterial responses in the small intestine. rupress.org/jem/article/... #InfectiousDisease 02812
Reposted by Craig WilenRyan Flynn @raflynn5.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Excited to share the work of Jonathan Perr where he uncovered a surprisingly common feature of cell surfaces - the presentation and clustering of RNA binding proteins with #glycoRNA. Critically support by #NIH @cp-cell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...cell.comRNA-binding proteins and glycoRNAs form domains on the cell surface for cell-penetrating peptide entryMammalian cells present RNA-binding proteins on the cell surface that form clustered domains containing glycoRNAs. 1118662
Reposted by Craig WilenEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/02/2025A tour de force review of the connections between between the nervous and immune systems www.nature.com/articles/s41... 6408110
Reposted by Craig WilenE John Wherry @ejohnwherry.bsky.social · 08/02/2025YES. Need to say this loudly and often! This 2.46x is also the short-term ROI. Long-term ROI (more difficult to estimate) may ~10x. Highest for any gov't spending. And the source of discoveries necessary for all new drugs (industry important too but without NIH funded science there's no foundation) 115680
Craig Wilen @wilenlab.bsky.social · 28/01/2025If anyone has had an NIH grant cancelled and is willing to talk to a science journalist, please DM me and I will connect you. 031
Reposted by Craig WilenEduardo Villablanca @ejvillablanca.bsky.social · 17/12/2024“Host-derived and dietary fucose mediate IgA recognition of gut microbiota, and this interaction facilitates the translocation of commensals to PPs and alters the immune landscape of PPs with increased germinal centre B cells and IgA-secreting antigen-specific B cells” www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comBacterial and host fucosylation maintain IgA homeostasis to limit intestinal inflammation in mice - Nature MicrobiologyBacterial and host fucosylation protect against colitis by maintaining the IgA B cell response in the mouse gut. 0295
Reposted by Craig WilenWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Kazachstania pintolopesii, a fungal symbiont transmitted by free-living mice, induces type 2 immunity to enhance resistance to helminth infections or aggravate gastrointestinal allergy www.nature.com/articles/s41... 0102
Reposted by Craig WilenIvan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024#InterferonPower! Elewaut, @obenaufa.bsky.social &co show @ Nature that inflammatory monocytes can acquire MHC-class I from tumor cells & locally activate CD8 T cells, given that the capacity of the tumor to shut down type I #IFNs & upreg PGE2 is reverted! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCancer cells impair monocyte-mediated T cell stimulation to evade immunity - NatureInflammatory monocytes are identified as important players in T cell restimulation in the tumour microenvironment. 15710
Reposted by Craig WilenWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Antibiotic treatment of pregnant mice reduces the amount of breast milk antibodies (SIgA) and alters the neonatal fecal microbiota, making neonatal mice more susceptible to sepsis www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...cell.comPrenatal antibiotics reduce breast milk IgA and induce dysbiosis in mouse offspring, increasing neonatal susceptibility to bacterial sepsisUp to one-third of women receive antibiotics during pregnancy. Pietrasanta et al. show that antibiotic treatment of pregnant mice reduces the amount of breast milk antibodies (SIgA) and alters the neo... 0134